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7002 on an enthusiast special to the Inner Harbour at Port Kembla, Australia, in 1967
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In rail transport, a train is a vehicle or (more frequently) a string of vehicles capable of being moved along a continuous line of rails or other guideway for the purpose of conveying freight or passengers between points on a predetermined route. The train may be hauled or propelled by one or more vehicles designed exclusively for that purpose (locomotives) or may be driven by a number of motors incorporated in all or several of the vehicles (multiple units).

As of 2018, there are approximately 1,052,000 kilometres (654,000 mi) of railway track in use worldwide. (World Bank (via Archive.org))


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Thameslink liveried Class 319 at St Albans City in 2014

The British Rail Class 319 is a dual-voltage electric multiple unit train capable of operating on 25 kV AC from overhead wires or 750 V DC from a third rail. They were built in two batches in 1987–88 and 1990 by BREL York for use on north-south cross-London services. The units were primarily used on the then-new Thameslink service operating from Bedford to Brighton and various other destinations south of London. The majority of the fleet remained in use on the Thameslink route after its reshaping and privatisation in 1997. Some of the fleet was also used on various other services operating out of London Victoria, including flagship expresses to Brighton. Since delivery of new rolling stock for Thameslink services commenced in 2015, a number of Class 319 units have been redeployed for use on other operators' services, including in the North West of England.

Recently selected: British Rail Class 303 - Staten Island Railway - Stadium station (Sound Transit)

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Grain unloading at Churchill Seaport
Grain unloading at Churchill Seaport

Grain cars, mostly boxcars in grain service in this photo, are unloaded into the transshipment facility at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, in 1996. Churchill is the northern terminus of the Hudson Bay Railway and it is Canada's principal seaport on the Arctic Ocean.

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The former Recess Hotel Platform on the Galway to Clifden railway in 1906
The former Recess Hotel Platform on the Galway to Clifden railway in 1906

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John Bull at the Columbian Exposition, 1893
John Bull at the Columbian Exposition, 1893

Train News

The preserved C&O 1309 at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in October 2009
The preserved C&O 1309 at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in October 2009
An Avelia Liberty train on a test run in Delaware in May 2020
An Avelia Liberty train on a test run in Delaware in May 2020
Berryessa/North San José station on the first day of service
Berryessa/North San José station on the first day of service


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